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Preparing to return to the classroom is the goal locally. Eau Claire Area Schools released the following statment outlining their plans for older students to return to in-person learning. See the full statement below: Students in grades 6-12 will begin in-person learning four days per week in coming  weeks.  School and District administration has determined that the Eau Claire Area  School District will increase in-person learning from two days a week to four days a week for  middle school students

The Department of Health Services reports 886 new COVID-19 cases statewide over the last 24 hours.  That number pushes the total number of confirmed positive cases to over 581-thousand.  There were eight new deaths confirmed today, raising the death toll from the coronavirus to 66-hundred-48. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

A state grant program is awarding money to over nine-thousand small businesses to help them recover during the ongoing pandemic.  The five-thousand-dollar grants are made possible with money from last year’s COVID-19 stimulus package.  This is the fourth round of money directed to Wisconsin small businesses which have already received more than 240-million-dollars to help navigate the crisis over the last year.

Senator Tammy Baldwin is extending her condolences to the family and loved ones of Congressman Alcee Hastings.  The Democrat from Southern Florida passed away today at the age of 84.  Baldwin called him a champion for civil rights and said she was honored to work with him in the House.  Hastings’ death sets off a battle for his seat in the 20th Congressional District which he had held since 2013.  Hastings also represented the 23rd District in Florida from 1993

Charges are expected in a Barron County Domestic Incident. It was on Monday, April 5th at 2:54 p.m., the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a call of a domestic abuse incident taking place just east of the City of Rice Lake. The report was a possible hostage situation and shots were fired outside the residence. Neighbors did confirm that several gunshots were heard at the residence. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the WI State Patrol, WI

Officials are seeking the publics help in the case of a shooting victim. On Friday, April 2, 2021 at 12:26 am, deputies from the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on Hungary Lake Lane in the Town of Sand Lake for a call of a deceased female. Upon arrival, deputies discovered the body of a middle-aged, white female deceased in the residence from multiple gunshot wounds. The Sawyer County Coroner’s Office has positively identified the female as Cary

 More witnesses are testifying today in the murder trial of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, who’s accused of killing George Floyd.  Day seven started off with a motion to squash a subpoena for Morries Hall to testify.  Hall, who is currently being held at the Hennepin County Jail on unrelated charges, was in the car with Floyd at the time of his arrest.  Hall’s attorneys argue any testimony he would give would incriminate him and he plans to plead the Fifth

When we get a chance to showcase our community on a national level, we like to take that opportunity, and below you will see a Chippewa Valley connection hard at work. Air Traffic Controlman Airman Lucas Minor, from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, stands marshal control watch for inbound aircraft aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, in the Mediterranean Sea, March 31, 2021. The IKE Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area

Voters across Wisconsin will be picking people to run their schools on this Election Day. Local races for school board and the state superintendent’s race dominate today’s ballot. In southeast Wisconsin, voters will also pick an appeals court judge and will decide in a special election for Scott Fitzgerald’s old Senate seat. The polls are open from 7 a.m. til 8 p.m., and if you have plans to vote today, don’t forget to bring your voter ID.